UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 27, 2014

 

 

Juniper Networks, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34501   770422528

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

1194 North Mathilda Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94089

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(408) 745-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On February 27, 2014, Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as managers of the several underwriters listed on Schedule II thereto (the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-190491) (the “Registration Statement”), including the prospectus contained therein, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the Commission on February 27, 2014 and the prospectus supplement filed with the Commission on February 28, 2014.

The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities.

The description of the Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Indenture

On March 4, 2014, the Company entered into a Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), supplementing that certain Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2011 between the Company and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture” and together with the Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), relating to the issuance by the Company of the Notes.

The Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.500% per annum on the principal amount. Interest on the Notes accrues from March 4, 2014 and is payable semiannually in arrears in cash on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2014. The Notes will mature on March 15, 2024, subject to earlier repurchase or redemption, as described below.

The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, ranking equally in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Notes. The Notes are effectively subordinated to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries (including trade payables but excluding intercompany liabilities and liabilities of a type not required to be reflected in a balance sheet in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles).

The Company may redeem the Notes at any time, in whole or from time to time in part, for cash at the redemption price described in the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the Indenture, holders may require the Company to repurchase some or all of their Notes for cash at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

The Indenture includes certain customary covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries to, among other things: create specified liens; enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions for the sale and leasing back of property; and consolidate or merge with or into other companies or sell all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The restricted covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Indenture.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, certain payment defaults at final maturity or acceleration of other indebtedness and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization with respect to the Company. If any event of default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the holders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest if any, on the Notes. In the case of an event of default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company, such amounts with respect to the Notes will be due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holder of the Notes.


The description of the Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Base Indenture, which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2011 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the Second Supplemental Indenture and the related form of Note, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated February 27, 2014, by and between Juniper Networks, Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as managers of the several underwriters
4.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 4, 2014, by and between Juniper Networks, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
4.2    Form of Note for Juniper Networks, Inc.’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 hereto)
5.1    Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Juniper Networks, Inc.
Date: March 4, 2014     By:  

/s/ Mitchell L. Gaynor

      Name: Mitchell L. Gaynor
      Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated February 27, 2014, by and between Juniper Networks, Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as managers of the several underwriters
4.1    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 4, 2014, by and between Juniper Networks, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
4.2    Form of Note for Juniper Networks, Inc.’s 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 hereto)
5.1    Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation

Exhibit 1.1

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2024

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

February 27, 2014


February 27, 2014

To the Managers named in Schedule I hereto

for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Juniper Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom you are acting as managers (the “ Managers ”), the principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “ Securities ”), to be issued under the indenture dated as of March 3, 2011 (the “ Base Indenture ”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), together with a second supplemental indenture to be entered into between the Company and the Trustee as of the Closing Date (as defined herein) with respect to the Securities (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Managers listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Managers” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, relating to securities (the “ Shelf Securities ”), including the Securities, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement, ” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated August 8, 2013 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus .” The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus ,” and the term “ preliminary prospectus ” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Time of Sale Prospectus ” means the preliminary prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule I hereto, and “ broadly available road show ” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the


terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms “ supplement ,” “ amendment ,” and “ amend ” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

1. Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Company at the time of the initial filing of the Registration Statement was and currently is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) and eligible to use Form S-3 for the offering of the Notes. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405).

(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain

 

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any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (A) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act” ), of the Trustee.

(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(k) below).

(e) Each “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of the Company (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” ) has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its

 

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incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock or membership interests of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company (except for director qualifying shares or similar requirements), free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. The subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 are the only “Significant Subsidiaries” of the Company.

(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(g) On the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (the “Enforceability Exceptions” ).

(h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, will not contravene any provision of (i) applicable law or (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, except, in the case of clauses (i), (iii) or (iv), as would not, individually or on the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or

 

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agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities or as contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities.

(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

(l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(m) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(n) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ( “Environmental Laws” ), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable

 

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Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer, or employee, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage in violation of applicable law; and (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.

(p) (i) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (x) the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire or license on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent applications, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names, copyrights, copyright applications, licenses, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property (“ Intellectual Property ”) currently employed by them in the conduct of their respective businesses, except for such failures to own or possess, or to acquire or license on reasonable terms, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) to the Company’s knowledge, all Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, defects or other restrictions (including, without limitation, those imposed by any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any arbitrator, court or other governmental authority), except as would not materially impair the conduct of the business of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries as currently conducted, taken as a whole. (ii) Except as disclosed in the Time

 

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of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, (x) there is no pending lawsuit or legal proceeding brought by a third party that claims that the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries infringes or misappropriates any Intellectual Property owned by such third party that, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (y) none of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries is invalid or unenforceable, except for Intellectual Property the invalidity or unenforceability of which would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(q) (i) To the Company’s knowledge, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including, as applicable, those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” ); and (ii) no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(r) Except, in the case of (i) and (iii) below, with all necessary licenses and approvals required by applicable law:

(i) The Company represents that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or employee thereof nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:

(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union (“ EU ”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor

 

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(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria);

(ii) The Company represents and covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(iii) The Company represents and covenants that it and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(s) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not have a material adverse effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP, if any, have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and (ii) no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the criteria established in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission; and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.

 

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(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(v) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective such that the information relating to the Company required to be disclosed in its reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Commission rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(w) There is and has been no material failure on the part of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase . The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amounts of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto.

3. Public Offering . The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

4. Payment and Delivery . Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

 

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Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date, with transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid.

5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations . The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:

(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of the securities of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and

(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A.

 

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(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers.

The opinion of counsel for the Company described in Section 5(c) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

(e) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

6. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.

(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.

 

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(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

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(g) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or assume any ongoing reporting obligations to any governmental or other authorities in any jurisdiction.

(h) To the extent not available on the Commission’s EDGAR filing system (or any successor system), to make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities, all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (vi) the costs and charges of any trustee, transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company

 

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relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and fees, (viii) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(j) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written consent of the Managers).

(k) To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form consented to by the Managers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities.

7. Covenants of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

8. Indemnity and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, its agents and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged

 

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untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “ indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ indemnifying party ”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of

 

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more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Managers, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in

 

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connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the sale of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person

 

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controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

9. Termination . The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange (including the New York Stock Exchange LLC), the NASDAQ Global Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not

 

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made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement (other than in any event for which such failure to perform by the Company was a direct result of a failure to perform by the Underwriters under this Agreement), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

11. Entire Agreement . (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

13. Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

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14. Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

15. Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.

In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

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Very truly yours,
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Robyn M. Denholm

  Name:   Robyn M. Denholm
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer


Accepted as of the date hereof

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several     Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
By:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

  /s/ Pamela Kendall

  Name: Pamela Kendall
  Title:   Director
By:   GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By:  

  /s/ Adam T. Greene

  Name: Adam T. Greene
  Title:   Vice President

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Managers:   

Barclays Capital Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Trustee:    The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Registration Statement File No.:    333-190491
Time of Sale Prospectus   

1.      Preliminary Prospectus dated February 27, 2014 relating to the Securities

 

2.      Free Writing Prospectus dated February 27, 2014 relating to the Notes (as defined)

Closing Date and Time:    March 4, 2014 10:00 a.m. EST
Closing Location:   

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Address for Notices to Underwriters:   

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Syndicate Registration

Facsimile: (646) 834-8133

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Registration Department

Address for Notices to the Company:   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

1194 North Mathilda Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (408) 745-8910

 

With a copy to:

 

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

 

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Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Katharine A. Martin, Esq.

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811

Securities:    The Notes
Notes   
Securities to be purchased:    4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount:    $350,000,000
Purchase Price:    99.197% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 4, 2014
Maturity:    March 15, 2024
Interest Rate:    4.500% per annum, accruing from March 4, 2014
Interest Payment Dates:    March 15 and September 15, commencing September 15, 2014
Make-Whole Spread:    Treasury plus 30 basis points

 

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount of
Notes to be Purchased
 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

   $ 140,000,000   

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

     140,000,000   

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

     70,000,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 350,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC., as Issuer

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as

Trustee

 

 

4.500% Senior Notes due 2024

 

 

Second Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of March 4, 2014

to

Indenture dated as of March 3, 2011


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          P AGE  

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

  
Section 1.01.    Definitions      1   
Section 1.02.    Conflicts with Base Indenture      10   

ARTICLE 2

F ORM OF N OTES

  
Section 2.01.    Form of Notes      10   

ARTICLE 3

T HE N OTES

  
Section 3.01.    Amount; Series; Terms      10   
Section 3.02.    Denominations      11   
Section 3.03.    Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities      11   
Section 3.04.    Additional Notes      13   

ARTICLE 4

R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES

  
Section 4.01.    Optional Redemption      13   
Section 4.02.    Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control      14   

ARTICLE 5

C OVENANTS AND R EMEDIES

  
Section 5.01.    Limitation on Liens      16   
Section 5.02.    Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions      18   
Section 5.03.    Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms      19   
Section 5.04.    Events of Default      19   
Section 5.05.    Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment      21   
Section 5.06.    References In Base Indenture      21   
Section 5.07.    Waiver Of Certain Covenants      21   
Section 5.08.    Maintenance of Office or Agency      21   

ARTICLE 6

T HE T RUSTEE

  
Section 6.01.    Notice Of Defaults      22   

 

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ARTICLE 7

M ISCELLANEOUS

  
Section 7.01.    Sinking Funds      22   
Section 7.02.    Confirmation of Indenture      23   
Section 7.03.    Counterparts      23   
Section 7.04.    Governing Law      23   
Exhibit A    Form of Note      A -1   

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 4, 2014 (“ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), to the Indenture dated as of March 3, 2011 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, other than with respect to a particular series of debt securities, the “ Base Indenture ” and, as amended, modified and supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and among JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. (the “ Company ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Base Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery, and desires and has requested the Trustee to join it in the execution and delivery, of this Second Supplemental Indenture in order to establish and provide for the issuance by the Company of a series of Securities designated as its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”), on the terms set forth herein;

WHEREAS, Article 9 of the Base Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture may be entered into by the parties for such purpose without the consent of any Holders provided certain conditions are met;

WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Base Indenture for the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been met; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the parties, in accordance with its terms, and a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

Section 1.01 . Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Second Supplemental Indenture refer to this Second Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.


As used herein, the following terms have the specified meanings:

“Additional Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04 of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Attributable Debt ” means, with respect to any sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the lesser of:

(1) the fair value of the assets subject to such a transaction (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors); and

(2) the present value (discounted at a rate per annum equal to the average interest borne by all Outstanding Notes and compounded semi-annually) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the term of the related lease. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such present value shall be the lesser of (i) the present value determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the present value shall also include the amount of the penalty, but shall not include any rent that would be required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be terminated) or (ii) the present value assuming no such termination.

Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of an association, limited liability company or business entity, any and all Equity Interests; (3) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution; (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), including any group defined as a “person” for the purpose of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of Voting Stock of the Company; provided, however, that a

 

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person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of the Affiliates of such “person” (as defined above) until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (i) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors cease to be Continuing Directors; or (5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any “person” (as defined above), or any “person” (as defined above) consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or the outstanding Voting Stock of such other “person” (as defined above) is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving “person” (as defined above) or parent entity thereof immediately after giving effect to such transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of another person and (b) immediately following that transaction, a majority of the Voting Stock of such person is held by the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as immediately prior to such transaction.

Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.

Company ” means the corporation specified as the “Company” in the recitals of this Second Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4.01 that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, (1) the arithmetic average of the applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the arithmetic average of all applicable Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date.

 

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“Consolidated Subsidiary” means as of the time of determination and with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person whose financial data is, in accordance with GAAP, reflected in that Person’s consolidated financial statements.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the time of determination, total assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as reflected on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP contained in an annual report on Form 10-K or a quarterly report on Form 10-Q or any amendment thereto filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by the Company prior to the time as of which “Consolidated Total Assets” is being determined or, if the Company is not required to so file, as reflected on its most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Continuing Director ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval (either by specific vote or by approval by such Board of Directors in the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director without objection by the Board of Directors to such nomination) of a majority of the continuing directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment.

Depositary ” means The Depositary Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any successor.

Equity Interest ” in any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) corporate stock or other equity participations, including limited liability company interests, limited partnership interests, or other similar interests in such Person.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time, including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the United States accounting profession.

Global Note means Notes that are Global Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture).

 

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Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee,” when used as a verb, has a correlative meaning.

Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

incur ” means issue, incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, obligations (other than Non-recourse Obligations) of such Person for borrowed money (including, without limitation, indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments).

Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Independent Investment Banker ” means Barclays Capital Inc. or Goldman, Sachs & Co., or their respective successors as the Company may appoint from time to time; provided, however , that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

 

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Lien ” means any lien, security interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.

Non-recourse Obligation ” means indebtedness or other obligations substantially related to (1) the acquisition of assets not previously owned by the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company or (2) the financing of a project involving the development or expansion of properties of the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company, as to which the obligee with respect to such indebtedness or obligation has no recourse to the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or such Subsidiary’s assets other than the assets which were acquired with the proceeds of such transaction or the project financed with the proceeds of such transaction (and the proceeds thereof).

Notes ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

“Notice of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(c).

Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company, and shall initially be the Trustee.

Permitted Liens ” means

(1) Liens securing Hedging Obligations designed to protect the Company from fluctuations in interest rates, currencies, equities or the price of commodities and not for speculative purposes;

(2) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities or financial institutions in respect of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(3) Liens arising by reason of deposits necessary to qualify the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business, maintain self-insurance, or obtain the benefit of, or comply with, any law, including Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits;

(4) Liens of any landlord on fixtures located on premises leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and tenants’ rights under leases, easements and similar Liens not materially impairing the use or value of the Property involved;

 

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(5) easements, zoning restrictions, building restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances or charges on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that are of a nature generally existing with respect to Properties of a similar character;

(6) Liens in connection with bankers’ acceptance financing or used in the ordinary course of trade practices, statutory lessor and vendor privilege Liens and Liens in connection with good faith bids, tenders and deposits;

(7) Liens arising under consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods;

(8) Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases, or deposits to secure our public or statutory obligations, or deposits for the payment of rent;

(9) judgment Liens not giving rise to a default or Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(10) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of banker’s acceptances issued or credited for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;

(11) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit in the ordinary course of business that encumber cash, documents and other Property relating to such letters of credit and proceeds thereof;

(12) Liens in connection with the acquisition, development or financing of the Sunnyvale Campus incurred within 36 months of the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes;

(13) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries; and

(14) customary Liens granted in favor of a trustee to secure fees and other amounts owing to such trustee under an indenture

“Place of Payment” means, with respect to the Notes, New York, New York.

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to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

“Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States of America.

Property ” means any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including shares of Capital Stock.

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-l(e)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

Rating Category ” means (i) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of Moody’s or S&P used by another Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within rating categories (1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s; + and – for S&P; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB – to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).

Rating Date ” means the date of the first public announcement by the Company of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the Company to effect a Change of Control.

“Rating Event” means, with respect to the Notes, the occurrence of the events described in (a) or (b) below during the period commencing on a Rating Date and ending 60 days following the consummation of such Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies): (a) in the event the Notes are rated by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of the Notes shall be reduced so that the Notes are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies or (b) in the event the Notes (1) are rated Investment Grade by one Rating Agency and below Investment Grade by the other Rating Agency, the rating of the Notes by such Rating Agency rating the Notes as Investment Grade shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories, as well as between Rating Categories) so that the Notes are then rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies or (2) are rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes by either Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories, as well as between Rating Categories).

 

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“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and three other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company, and each of their respective successors and any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Remaining Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; provided, however, that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of that date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of that date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the parent.

“Sunnyvale Campus” means the land, improvements, buildings and fixtures (including any leasehold interest therein) with respect to the Company’s campus to be located in Sunnyvale, California on real property owned by the Company on the issue date of the Initial Notes or any subsequently acquired contiguous or related real property.

Second Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding that Redemption Date) of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue. In determining this rate, the Company will assume a price for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“U.S. Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

Section 1.02 . Conflicts with Base Indenture. In the event that any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall control.

ARTICLE 2

F ORM OF N OTES

Section 2.01 . Form of Notes. The Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

T HE N OTES

Section 3.01 . Amount; Series; Terms. (a) There is hereby created and designated a single series of Securities under the Base Indenture: the title of the Notes shall be “4.500% Senior Notes due 2024.” The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other series of Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other series of Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

(b) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that initially may be authenticated and delivered under this Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Initial Notes” ) shall be limited to $350,000,000, subject to increase as set forth in Section 3.04.

 

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(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be March 15, 2024. The Notes shall be payable and may be presented for payment, purchase, redemption, registration of transfer and exchange, without service charge, at the office of the Company maintained for such purpose in New York, New York, which shall initially be the office or agency of the Trustee.

(d) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.500% per annum beginning on March 4, 2014 or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as further provided in the form of Note annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2014, and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on each such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding March 1 and September 1, respectively. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day.

(e) The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in Section 3.03 and the Base Indenture.

Section 3.02 . Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 3.03 . Book-entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or nominee thereof or custodian therefor. Each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (1) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice or (2)

 

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ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as the Depositary and so notifies the Company, and no successor Depositary has been appointed within 90 days after such notice, (B) the Company determines at any time that the Notes shall not longer be represented by Global Securities and shall inform such Depositary of such determination and participants in such Depositary elect to withdraw their beneficial interests in the Notes from such Depositary, following notification by the Depositary of their right to do so, or (C) such exchange is made upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures, following the request of a Holder seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under the Notes during the continuance of an Event of Default.

(c) Subject to clause (b) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Notes may be made in whole or in part, and all Notes issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct in writing to the Trustee.

(d) Every Note authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Note is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(e) Subject to the provisions of clause (g) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members (as defined below in clause (g)) and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(f) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (b) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(g) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “ Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

 

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Section 3.04 . Additional Notes. The Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without notice to or consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”) having terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A, identical to those of the other Notes, except that the Additional Notes:

(i) may have a different issue date from other Outstanding Notes;

(ii) may have a different issue price from other Outstanding Notes; and

(iii) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on other Outstanding Notes;

provided that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number.

ARTICLE 4

R EDEMPTION OF S ECURITIES

Section 4.01 . Optional Redemption. (a) Subject to Section 1.02 hereof, the provisions of Article 11 of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

(b) At any time and from time to time, the Notes shall be redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in the case of each of clause (i) or (ii), accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date for the Notes.

(c) On and after the Redemption Date for the Notes, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any. On or before the Redemption Date for the Notes, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, and (except if the

 

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Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by lot, on a pro-rata basis or by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee deems appropriate; provided , however that in no event, shall Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less be redeemed in part.

(d) Notice of any redemption shall be electronically delivered or mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall state the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given. If the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Redemption Price, calculated as described above in clause (b), shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

Section 4.02 . Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control. (a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company shall have exercised its option to redeem the Notes as described in Section 4.01 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall be required to make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer” ) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in this Section 4.02 and in the Notes. In the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased up to, but not including, the date of repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall electronically deliver or mail a notice to Holders of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date” ). The notice shall, if electronically delivered or mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

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(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.

(c) The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the payment for the Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event, if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

(e) If Holders of not less than 95% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw the Notes in an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event and the Company, or any third party making an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event in lieu of the Company pursuant to Section 4.02(d), purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, to redeem all Notes that remain Outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

(f) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14e-1 of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes as a result of Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

 

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ARTICLE 5

C OVENANTS AND R EMEDIES

Section 5.01 . Limitation on Liens. (a) The Company will not incur, nor will it permit any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries to incur, any Liens upon any Property of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired, in order to secure Indebtedness of the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries, in each case, unless prior to or at the same time, the Notes are equally and ratably secured with such secured Indebtedness until such time as such Indebtedness shall no longer be secured by such Lien.

(b) The foregoing restrictions shall not apply, however, to:

(1) Liens on Property or Indebtedness existing with respect to any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or a Subsidiary of any Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(2) Liens on Property or Indebtedness existing at the time of acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Subsidiary of any Subsidiary of the Company of such Property or Indebtedness (which may include Property previously leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and leasehold interests on such Property, provided that the lease terminates prior to or upon the acquisition) or Liens on Property or Indebtedness to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such Property or Indebtedness, or Liens on Property or Indebtedness to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after, the latest of the acquisition of such Property or Indebtedness or, in the case of Property, the completion of construction, the completion of improvements or the commencement of substantial commercial operation of such Property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of the Property and related costs and expenses, the construction or the making of the improvements;

(3) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(4) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(5) Liens on Property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Properties or assets of a Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of the merger, consolidation, or sale, lease, other disposition or other such transaction;

 

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(6) Liens created in connection with a project financed with, and created to secure, a Non-recourse Obligation;

(7) Liens created to secure the Notes;

(8) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, including, without limitation, landlords’, mailmen’s, suppliers’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanic’s Liens and other similar Liens, Liens for master’s and crew’s wages and other similar laws, arising in the ordinary course of business, in each case for sums not yet overdue by more than 60 calendar days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(9) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies on Property not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(10) Liens to secure the performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance or return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature;

(11) Permitted Liens; or

(12) any extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (1) through (11) without increase of the principal of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien (except to the extent of any fees or other costs associated with any such extension, renewal or replacement); provided, however, that any Liens permitted by any of clauses (1) through (11) shall not extend to or cover any Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, other than the Property specified in such clauses and improvements to such Property.

(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.01(a), the Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness secured by Liens which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Notes; provided that, after giving effect to such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under clauses (1) through (12) of Section 5.01(b)), together with all Attributable Debt outstanding pursuant to Section 5.02(b), does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence of the Lien. The Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries may also, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, create or incur Liens that renew, substitute or replace (including successive renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole or in part, any Lien permitted pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

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Section 5.02 . Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. (a) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:

(1) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;

(2) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries of any Property by one of its Subsidiaries;

(3) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years);

(4) the Company would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01(b);

(5) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the Sunnyvale Campus; or

(6) the Company applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Property to the purchase of other Property or assets used or useful in its business or to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness within 12 months before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of long-term Indebtedness, the Company may deliver debt securities (which may include the Notes) to the applicable Trustee for cancellation, such debt securities to be credited at the cost thereof to it.

(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a), the Company and its wholly owned U.S. Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions (not including Attributable Debt permitted under clauses (1) through (6) of Section 5.02(a)), together with all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 5.01(c), does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets calculated as of the closing date of the sale and leaseback transaction.

 

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Section 5.03 . Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. Section 8.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes, and the following shall apply in lieu thereof. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless:

(a) the Company is the continuing entity or the Person formed from such consolidation or merger, or which received the transfer of or leases the assets of the Company shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on all the Notes and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) the Company or the continuing entity has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, subject to customary qualifications and exceptions, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and such supplemental indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

Section 5.04 . Events of Default. Section 5.1 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes. Each of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium (if any) on any Note when due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, acceleration or otherwise;

(b) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable (if the time of payment has not been extended or deferred), and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 5.04 specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, or overnight delivery service to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” under the Indenture;

 

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(d) failure by the Company to repurchase the Notes tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event in conformity with Section 4.02;

(e) (i) a failure to make any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness of the Company owing to any of its Subsidiaries) outstanding in an amount in excess of $100,000,000 and continuance of this failure to pay or (ii) a default on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness owing to any of its Subsidiaries), which default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness in an amount in excess of $100,000,000 without such indebtedness having been discharged or the acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of Outstanding Notes (including any Additional Notes); provided, however , that if any failure, default or acceleration referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above ceases or is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default will be deemed cured;

(f) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its Property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; and

(g) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its Property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action.

 

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Section 5.05 . Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment. Section 5.2 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes, and the following shall apply in lieu thereof. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, then and in every such case except as provided below, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount shall become immediately due and payable. However, upon an Event of Default arising out of Section 5.04(f) or Section 5.04(g), the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the acceleration date, shall be due and payable immediately without notice from or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Indenture provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Notes which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of the Base Indenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or been abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

Section 5.06 . References In Base Indenture. References to “Section 5.1(4),” “Section 5.1(5)” and “Section 5.1(6)” in the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer to Section 5.04(c), Section 5.04(f) and Section 5.04(g) of this Second Supplemental Indenture, respectively.

Section 5.07 . Waiver Of Certain Covenants. Section 10.8 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to any covenant contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Section 5.08 . Maintenance of Office or Agency. In accordance with Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture, the Company will maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, redemptions or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this

 

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Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee.

ARTICLE 6

T HE T RUSTEE

Section 6.01 . Notice Of Defaults. The first two paragraphs of Section 6.2 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes and the following shall apply in lieu thereof.

If a default occurs hereunder with respect to the Notes, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Notes notice of all defaults known to the Trustee which have occurred with respect to the Notes, such notice to be transmitted within 45 days after the occurrence thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, however, that except in the case of a default in the payment of principal or Redemption Price of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Notes. For the purpose of this Section 6.01, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

Except with respect to Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article 10 of the Base Indenture or Article 5 hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or Section 5.04(b) hereof (defaults in payments on the Notes) or (ii) any default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification at the Corporate Trust Office or obtained actual knowledge.

ARTICLE 7

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01 . Sinking Funds. Article 12 of the Base Indenture shall have no application. The Notes shall not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

 

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Section 7.02 . Confirmation of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture and all other indentures supplemental thereto, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 7.03 . Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 7.04 . Governing Law. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

 

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.,

as Issuer

By:  

/s/ Robyn M. Denholm

  Name:   Robyn M. Denholm
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer

 

Attest:  

/s/ Catherine Portman

  Name:   Catherine Portman
  Title:   Vice President, Treasury and Treasurer

 

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

    TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Teresa Petta

  Name:   Teresa Petta
  Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2024

 

No. [ ]    CUSIP No.: 48203R AG9
   ISIN No.: US48203RAG92
   $ [ ]

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS on March 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15 (each, an “Interest Payment Date” ), commencing on September 15, 2014.

Interest Record Dates: March 1 and September 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date” ).

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.,

as Issuer

By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Attest:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  


This is one of the Notes designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: March 4, 2014

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  


(REVERSE OF NOTE)

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.

4.500% Senior Notes due 2024

 

  1. Interest.

Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “ Issuer ”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum described above. Cash interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid; or, if no interest has been paid, from March 4, 2014. Interest on this Note will be paid to but excluding the relevant Interest Payment Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount shall become due in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on September 15, 2014. If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date with respect to the Notes is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest will be due on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date that such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or other payment date, as the case may be, to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate borne by the Notes and at the same rate on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful from the dates such amounts are due until such amounts are paid or made available for payment.

 

  2. Paying Agent.

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”) will act as paying agent. The Issuer may change any paying agent without notice to the Holders.

 

  3. Indenture; Defined Terms.

This Note is one of the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”) issued under the Indenture dated as of March 3, 2011 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance therewith, the “ Base Indenture ” and, as amended, modified and supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 4, 2014, the “ Indenture ”) by and between the Issuer and the Trustee, as trustee. This Note is a “Security” and the Notes are “Securities” under the Indenture.


For purposes of this Note, unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ TIA ”) as in effect on the date on which the Indenture was qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Note are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.

 

  4. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 thereafter. A Holder shall register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Issuer may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portions thereof for a period of fifteen (15) days before the mailing of a notice of redemption, nor need the Issuer register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part.

 

  5. Amendment; Modification; Waiver.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Securities affected under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding with respect to which a default under the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive, with certain exceptions, such past default with respect to the Securities and its consequences. The Indenture also permits the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the Indenture also permits the amendment or supplement thereof to, among other things, cure


any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or comply with any requirements of the commission in connection with qualifications of the Indenture under the TIA, or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of Holders.

 

  6. Optional Redemption.

The Issuer may redeem the Notes in whole or in part, at its option, at any time or from time to time prior to maturity on at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior notice electronically delivered or mailed to the registered address of each Holder of the Notes (the “ Redemption Date ”). The redemption price will be equal to the greater of:

(i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or

(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption, exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid to, but not including, the Redemption Date if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), using a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points (such sum to be calculated as set forth in the Indenture),

plus, in the case of (i) or (ii), accrued interest thereon to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the Notes and the Indenture.

On and after the Redemption Date for the Notes, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion thereof called for redemption, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any. On or before the Redemption Date for the Notes, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by lot, on a pro-rata basis or by such method as the Trustee deems appropriate; provided , however that in no event, shall Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less be redeemed in part.


Notice of any redemption shall be electronically delivered or mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Such notice shall state the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given. If the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time such notice is to be given, the actual Redemption Price, calculated as set forth in the Indenture, shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as provided in the Indenture, the Notes called for redemption shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

 

  7. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Repurchase Event

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes, unless the Issuer shall have exercised its right pursuant to Section 6 hereof to redeem the Notes, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer (the “Change of Control Offer” ) to each Holder of the Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes on the terms set forth in the Second Supplemental Indenture and in the Notes. In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased up to, but not including, the date of repurchase.

Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Notes or, at the option of the Issuer, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Issuer shall electronically deliver or mail a notice to Holders of Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date” ). The notice shall, if electronically delivered or mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.


On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful:

(i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased.

If Holders of not less than 95% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw the Notes in an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event and the Issuer, or any third party making an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event in lieu of the Company, purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer shall have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the Change of Control Payment Date, to redeem all Notes that remain Outstanding following such purchase at a Redemption Price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

The Issuer shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14e-1 of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes as a result of Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

 

  8. Defaults and Remedies.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.

The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein provided, Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Notes.


  9. Authentication.

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.

 

  10. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Note or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

  11. CUSIP Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

 

  12. Governing Law.

The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Note thereof.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                         agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

Date:                                  Your Signature:                                                      

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

     

 

      Signature
Signature Guarantee:      

 

     

 

Signature must be guaranteed       Signature

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

 

Amount of decrease
in principal amount
of this Global Note

 

Amount of increase
in principal amount
of this Global Note

 

Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or
increase)

 

Signature of
authorized officer of
Trustee

       
       
       


REPURCHASE EXERCISE NOTICE UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL

To: Juniper Networks, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Juniper Networks, Inc. (the “ Issuer ”) as to the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event with respect to the Issuer and hereby directs the Issuer to pay, or cause the Trustee to pay,                     an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, or the portion thereof (which is $2,000 principal amount or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, to be repurchased plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the repurchase date, except as provided in the Indenture. The undersigned hereby agrees that the Notes will be repurchased as of the Change of Control Payment Date pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof and the Indenture.

Dated:                                     

Signature                                                          

Principal amount to be repurchased (at least $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):                             

Remaining principal amount following such repurchase:                             

 

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

Exhibit 5.1

March 4, 2014

Juniper Networks, Inc.

1194 North Mathilda Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

 

  Re: Juniper Networks, Inc.—Registration of $350,000,000 of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Juniper Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 8, 2013 of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), that is automatically effective under the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 462(e) promulgated thereunder. The Registration Statement relates to, among other things, the proposed issuance and sale, from time to time, by the Company of debt securities with an indeterminate amount as may at various times be issued at indeterminate prices, in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(e) under the Securities Act.

Under the Registration Statement, the Company has issued $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2014 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes were sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 27, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”).

We have examined the Registration Statement, together with the exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference therein; the base prospectus, dated August 8, 2013, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, filed with the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”); the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated February 27, 2014, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act relating to the offering of the Notes; the final prospectus supplement, dated February 27, 2014, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act relating to the offering of the Notes (collectively with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus Supplement”); the Indenture and the Notes. In addition, we have examined such other instruments, documents, certificates and records which we have deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; (iv) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered


Juniper Networks, Inc.

March 4, 2014

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by the parties thereto (other than the Company); (v) the legal capacity of all natural persons; and (vi) that the Trustee has the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and that the Indenture will be a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company.

We express no opinion as to any matter relating to laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and the laws of the State of New York, as such are in effect on the date hereof, and we have made no inquiry into, and we express no opinion as to, the statutes, regulations, treaties, common laws or other laws of any other nation, state or jurisdiction. Our opinions as to the DGCL are based solely on a review of the official statutes of the State of Delaware and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such statutes and provisions.

We express no opinion as to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (ii) rights to indemnification and contribution which may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles, or (iii) the effect of general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, the effect of judicial discretion and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable relief, and limitations on rights of acceleration, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

On the basis of the foregoing and in reliance thereon and having regard for legal considerations which we deem relevant, and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we advise you that in our opinion the Notes have been validly issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above-referenced Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, and in any amendment or supplement thereto. In giving such consent, we do not believe that we are “experts” within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.

 

Very truly yours,
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
/s/ WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI